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England Soil Profiles
Eldridge
Series
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Eldridge soils are moderately well drained soils formed in sandy eolian and/or fluvial deposits underlain by silty lacustrine (lake floor) deposits. Photo by Jim Turenne, location: Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts.
Edridge
Map Unit Description
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Eldridge Properties:
Taxonomic
Classification: Sandy over loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic,
Aquic Udorthents.
Drainage
Class: Moderately well drained.
Parent
Material: Sandy eolian and/or fluvial deposits overlying
silty lacustrine sediments.
Permeability:
Rapid to moderately rapid in the solum, slow in the substratum.
Available
Water Holding Capacity: Low.
Soil
Reaction: strongly acid through neutral.
Depth
to Bedrock: Greater than 65 inches.
Seasonal
High Watertable: Depth: 1.5 to 3.5 feet below the
surface.
Type: Perched.
Months: December to April.
Hydrologic
Group: C.
Hydric
Soil: No (may have hydric inclusions).
Flooding/Ponding
Potential: Frequency and Type: None.
Potential
Inclusions: Deerfield and Scio soils are similar inclusions.
Poorly drained Enosburg, Raynham, and Wareham soils are on lower
elevations and adjacent to drainageways. Well drained Hinesburg,
Windsor, and Wampanucket soils are on higher elevations.
